Group, link, and disable clips

Group and ungroup clips

In
the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, you can group
clips so that you can move, disable, copy, or delete them together.
When you group a linked clip with other clips, both the audio and
video portions of the linked clip are included in the group.

To group clips, select multiple clips,
and choose Clip > Group.

To ungroup clips, click any clip in the group to select
the group, and choose Clip > Ungroup.

To select one or more clips in a group of clips, Alt‑click
a single clip in a group. Shift+Alt‑click to select additional clips
in a group.

Link video and audio clips

Most video includes a soundtrack.
In the Project Assets panel, clips that contain both video and audio
appear as a single item. When you add the clip to a movie in the
Expert view timeline, the video and audio appear on separate tracks
with the video directly above the audio.

The video and audio
remain linked. When you drag the video portion in the Expert view
timeline, the linked audio moves with it, and vice versa. For this reason,
audio/video pairs are called linked clips. In the Expert
view timeline, the names of linked clips are underlined and identified
with a [V] for video or [A] for audio.

Linked clips share same name with either [V] or [A] appended
and are underlined.

All editing tasks (such
as moving, trimming, or changing the clip speed) act on both parts
of a linked clip. You can temporarily override the link by pressing
the Alt key when you initiate editing tasks. You can also place
the video or audio portion separately.

Link and unlink video and audio
clips

You can link a video clip and an
audio clip so that they act as a unit. When you select, trim, split,
delete, move, or change the speed of one, you affect the other clip
as well. You can temporarily override the link as needed. In the
Expert view timeline, the names of linked clips are underlined and
identified with a [V] for video or [A] for audio.

To link video and audio clips, Shift-click
a video and audio clip to select them both, and then choose Clip >
Link Audio And Video.

To unlink video and audio clips, select a linked clip
and choose Clip > Unlink Audio And Video. (Though the
audio and video are unlinked, they are both still selected. Reselect
either clip to use it separately.)

To select linked clips individually, Alt‑click the desired
clip. After selecting it, you can move or trim the clip independently
of its linked clip.

Note:

To quickly delete an audio or video clip
without unlinking it, right‑click/ctrl-click the clip and choose
either Delete Audio or Delete Video from the menu.

Synchronize linked clips

Adobe
Premiere Elements automatically places video and its audio on separate tracks
in the Expert view timeline. However, it links the clips so that
they remain in sync as you trim or move them.

If you Alt‑drag
one of the clips out of sync, Adobe Premiere Elements displays the number
of offset frames next to the clip name in the Expert view timeline.

Even
if you unlink the clips, Adobe Premiere Elements keeps track of
the offset, and displays it again if you relink them. You can have
Adobe Premiere Elements automatically resynchronize the clips. Depending
on the clips, you can choose between two methods of synchronizing.

In the Expert view timeline, right‑click/ctrl-click the offset number of the clip you want to move.

The clip you right‑click/ctrl-click moves or adjusts to
align with the other clip, which remains in place.

Enable and disable clips

Occasionally, you might want to disable
a clip while you try a different editing idea or to shorten the
processing time. Disabling a clip hides it when you view the movie
in the Monitor panel or when you export the movie. You can still
move or change a disabled clip.

Select one or more clips in the Quick view timeline
or the Expert view timeline, and choose Clip > Enable.

The check mark next to the command disappears when you
disable a clip, and the clip appears dimmed in the Quick view timeline
and the Expert view timeline.

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